Dangerous, record breaking heat continues through Saturday for the Southern Plains before gradually shifting northward into the Central Plains and Midwest later this weekend. 

Hazardous heat outlook 

Saturday temperature snapshot

Sunday temperature snapshot 

Monday temperature snapshot 

Tuesday temperature snapshot 

The dome of heat shifts east into the Midwest and likely to be capped across the Chicago area with the rain organizing jet stream north across portions of Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. 

Forecast upper air set-up Tuesday afternoon

Temperatures average well above normal the next 7 days before a cooler pattern takes shape as the beginning of Climatological Fall begins on September 1^st. 

Forecast temperature anomaly through August 29^th

Forecast temperature anomaly August 30^th through September 5^th